TREE SWIFT Synonyms

• moving at very high speed

• quick and energetic

• imparting vitality and energy

• very active

• become brisk

• marked by speed and efficiency

• acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly

• (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time

• at a rapid tempo

• abstaining from food

• quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

• firmly or closely

• (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds

• resistant to destruction or fading

• unrestrained by convention or morality

• hurried and brief

• securely fixed in place

• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

• (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time

• abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons

• abstain from eating

• group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

• group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership

• a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership

• a group of warships organized as a tactical unit

• moving very fast

• move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

• disappear gradually

• excessively quick

• done with very great haste and without due deliberation

• abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

• the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

• moving quickly and lightly

• mentally quick

• any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

• with little or no delay

• accomplished rapidly and without delay

• hurried and brief

• moving quickly and lightly

• apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

• performed with little or no delay

• easily aroused or excited

• a part of a river where the current is very fast

• done or occurring in a brief period of time

• characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed

• characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed

• accomplished rapidly and without delay

• a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight

• United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)

• common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks

• an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)

• moving very fast

• a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously

• ride at a galloping pace

• go at galloping speed

• cause to move at full gallop

• birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees